How to Recover Hidden Files From Virus Infected USB Pendrive without any Software

By: kedharinath on 00:46

We are using USB pen drives for data transfer between computers. It's very important to keep your data always with you. When you're using pen drives, the biggest problem is Viruses. Mostly pen drives doesn't consist any security measures. So viruses and malwares can attack our pen drive easily. If virus attacks your pen drive, it hides the all the files and creates .exe extension to replace the hidden files.

Normally you can view hidden files by clicking
Folder Options -->
View -->
Show Hidden Files and Folders
But this simple method doesn't work when your pen drive is attacked by harmful viruses.

So here I'll provide you an easiest method to view your infected files from pen drive without using any software.

Insert pen drive into computer and find drive letter of connected USB drive
For Example, E:

Now click on Start --> Run

In Run box, type cmd and hit Enter

Now command prompt will appear, in command prompt type the drive letter of your pen drive and hit Enter.
Example type E:

After that, type attrib -s -h /s /d *.*

Now hit Enter and wait for sometime. That's all, you have done !!! Now you can view all your files in pen drive without any problems.

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How to Format USB Pen Drives Using Command Prompt to Delete Viruses Permanently

By: kedharinath on 00:37

When you're using a pen drive to transfer data between PCs, the common problem is viruses. You might format your pen drive many times because of viruses. Some kind of viruses never get delete by normal formatting. Are you disappointed of the result that you get after formatting your pen drive and still find viruses in it?

Here I'll give you a solution to format your USB pen drive completely.

You can format pen drives using command prompt to remove all the virus files permanently. Most of the times these type of formats delete all the viruses from pen drive.

So let's see how to format your pen drive using command prompt.

Insert pen drive into your PC

Find the drive letter of the pen drive

Now click on Start ---> Run

In run box, type cmd and hit Enter

Now command prompt will appear, in this window type format "your pen drive letter:"
For example type : format g:

Hit Enter twice

Wait for sometime until command prompt verify the file system.

Now command prompt will ask you to enter a drive name.

After that type the drive name and then hit Enter again.

That's it,your pen drive is free now.

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